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Federal Preservation Laws

Federal historic preservation work plays an important role in saving places are that important to our many American histories.

You will find information here about federal Laws & Regulations and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards & Guidelines for historic preservation. Continue reading this page to learn about the United States Code's Title 54, the new location for many National Park Service-related laws.

Title 54–National Park Service and Related Programs

In December 2014, Congress created a new title within the United States Code, Title 54, for National Park Service-related laws. Many of federal historic preservation laws have been moved to Title 54. We have updatedour Laws & Regulations webpage with the new citations.

To access Title 54, please see:

Title 54 outline, with links to the text of each section. To view the full text of Title 54, click [View] to the right of "Title 54–National Park Service and Related Programs."

"Notes on Title 54 of the United States Code" (March 2016) (pdf). This document reflects how the National Park Service's Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science directorate currently intends to address/interpret the issues presented by the creation of Title 54 of the United States Code.

Public Law 113-287 (signed December 19, 2014). The law contains the text of Title 54. To access a pdf of the law, click choose "PDF" (to the right of "Bill text available as").